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Cash taken from The Plaza home

A 65-year-old man called 911 early Wednesday morning to report an armed robbery at his home in the 200 block of The Plaza, but officers learned that one of the two women who had been drinking with the man had stolen $2,000 from a hiding place and ran from the house, Athens-Clarke police said.

Officers spoke with one of the women, who said someone named “Thelma” took the cash from under a rug in the victim’s bedroom, according to police.